Water Production of Comets 2P/Encke and 81P/Wild 2 Derived from SWAN Observations during the 1997 Apparition

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-274

  Makinen J T T ^a   Silen J ^a   Schmidt, W ^a   Kyrola E ^a   Summanen, T ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b   Quemerais E ^b   Lallement, R ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Comets; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038528002     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6637     Document Type: Article

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